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Niki finally admitted to herself that she had been fleeing the possibility of getting hurt, and that by doing so she was hurting Hotaka. She accepted to herself "The Potential to be Hurt" of the chapter title. Accepting that, she gained the freedom to confess to Hotaka.

What a terrible case of bacouple! If they weren't that funny I would be annoyed (I usualy dislike this kind of couples in manga and animes as they lack any chalenge). But I will let it pass for time that that hilarious comedy.

As for the story, we are shown a pretty clear parallel, for one side we have the baka-couple doing lovely things in a funny manner, but on the other side we have how Soga's & On-chan's relationship keeps bouncing around, now far from reaching a high point and actually sinking close to the bottom.

I didn't expect for things to move that much in one chapter which "originally" seemed to have "nothing going on."... I wonder how long it will take for the "side B" to get together, after all we already have "side A" doing lovely things.

Speaking of, I couldn't actually put my finger on it at first, but now I realize that what I really like the most about the series is how expressive the characters are. They trully do convey what they are feeling right now sans some exceptions that are obvious exceptions since they are concealing what's inside them. Where is joy or happiness or confussion or whatever, their impulses just jumps out of the pages (sometimes, in a comical way).

1.- Before knowing who Soga was (Zako? ), he got her in trouble with his fan girls.

2.- Before knowing who Soga was, he got her in trouble with Hotaka, since Hotaka assumed that she was aiming for Soga like every one else. Also he was getting kinda fresh with her by then

However those two got "forgotten" (might as well say "forgiven").

3.- When Soga saw Niki avoiding Hotaka due to fear, he saw the same thing that he was doing to On-chan and he lashed out all of his self depreciation on her pretty harshly (which is what actually got Niki and Hotaka together).

4.- Niki could never forget that "who is this imprudent guy who says things when he shouldn't" first impression, and even though she doesn't natually hates him to a 200%, whenever it looks like he is going to say something "serious" like that again she gets defensive / spiteful right away.

There is also that "every little thing" type of deal, where their minor interactions end in annoyances